Cohort 2 Schedule

Click each month listed to see a drop-down schedule of events per semester.

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Fall 2021 Activities

• September

  September 8, 2021, 2:00-3:30 P.M.
  “Securing Grants During the Times of COVID 19” (Session 1)
  Anna Maria Santiago, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies  

  September 14, 2021, 12:00 P.M.
  September Dean’s Advisory Board on Diversity and Inclusion Meeting

  September 16, 2021, 2:00
  “Securing Grants During the Times of COVID 19” (Session 2)
  Lauren Aerni-Flessner, Ph.D., MBA, Research Specialist, Research and Innovation

  September 17, 2021 3:30-5:00 P.M.
  "Demystifying the Job Search"
  Presentations by Lisa Fine, Chair, Department of History and Aaron McCright, Chair, Department of Sociology

• October

  October 5, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  "Demystifying the Job Search" Mock Job Talk 

  October 7, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Talk 

  October 9, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Interview 

  October 12, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Interview 

  October 23, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Teaching Pedagogy Talk

• November
  3rd week of November - Time/Date TBD
  Seminar/Workshop: “Demystifying the job search process: Teaching Pedagogy talk”
  Q & A—strategies for handling questions and answers during on campus interviews.

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Spring 2022 Activities

• January
  January 2022-Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD
  “Relax and Mingle” session with Interim Dean of College of Social Science
• February
  February 2022-Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD
  “First Year in the Tenure Stream"—Chairs of History, Sociology, and Anthropology
  “First Year in the Tenure Stream”—Roundtable of Assistant Professors in History, Anthropology, and Sociology  
• March
  No events planned.
• April
  April 2022
  Time/Date TBA
  “How to Scale up Scholarship over 5 Years”--Various SSC Faculty Members
  “RPT at MSU”--SSC Faculty Member

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Recurring Semester Activities 

Research Associates are encouraged to participate in DRN’s “Writing Spaces” in Olds Hall, Room 203. A full list of dates as well as more information can be found here. 

Research Associates are also encouraged to "Relax and Mingle" and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and drinks with a targeted individual or group of MSU scholars/employees. For more information on these events, contact Nwando Achebe, Associate Dean for Access at achebe@msu.edu. 

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Fall 2020 Activities

• August
  August 18, 2020 - New Faculty & Staff Orientation
  
  10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.  (synchronous online program and virtual information fair)
  
  Information on this all-day asynchronous and synchronous online university orientation for new faculty and staff can be found here
• September
  September 9, 2020 - Mentor/Mentee Seminars & Workshops 
  3:30-5:30 P.M.
  
  "Optimizing Mentoring Relationship Kickoff" (with Melissa McDaniels)
  
  "Optimizing Mentoring Relationship—Mentoring Up Kickoff" (with Melissa McDaniels)
  
  September 14, 2020 - Dean’s Advisory Board on Diversity and Inclusion Meeting
  12:00-1:30 P.M. (with DRADI Cohorts 1 and 2 in attendance)
  
  September 18, 2020 - SSC New Faculty Orientation
  8:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.
  
  September 2020 - CSS Annual Town Hall Meeting 
  Time/Date TBD
• October

  October 14, 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
  1:00 P.M.

  -“Optimizing Mentoring Relationships—Mentors and Mentees” (with Melissa McDaniels) 
  
  October 19, 2020 - Roundtable Discussion
  3:00-4:30 P.M.
  
  -“Preparing for Academic Careers” (Chairs/Directors of Sociology, Social Work, HDFS, Political Science)
  
  October 26, 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
  1:00 P.M.
  
  -"Resources for Success at MSU”

• November

  November 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD

  -“Teaching in the Academy” 
  
  -Roundtable discussion with award-winning SSC professors

• December

  December 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD 

  -“Research in the Academy”
  
  -Roundtable discussion with exceptional research faculty 

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Spring 2021 Activities

• January

  January 2021 - Learning Lunch 
  Time/Date TBD

  - “Optimizing Mentoring Relationships check in mentors and mentees” (mentors, mentees, and Melissa McDaniels)

• February

  February 2021-Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD
  
  -“Time Management” 

  -Roundtable discussion "Balancing Writing with Teaching and Life"

• March
  March 2021-Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD
  -"Check in on Teaching” 
  
  March 2021 - Class Visits
  Time/Date TBD
  
  -Class visit, teaching evaluation
  
  March 2021 - Class Visits
  Time/Date TBD
  
  -Class visit, teaching evaluation
  
  March 2021 - Class Visits
  Time/Date TBD
  
  -Class visit, teaching evaluation
  
  March 2021 - Class Visits
  Time/Date TBD
  
  -Class visit, teaching evaluation
• April
  April 2021 - Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD
  
  -“Annual Review Workshop" (with chairs of annual review committees)
  
  April 2021
  Time/Date TBD
  
  -"End of Year Dinner"